Money for air pollution reduction projects in Coachella Valley is OKd
ROME, Italy -- Salvage experts outlined their plan Friday to raise the wrecked Costa Concordia cruise liner from the sea floor off Italy in one piece and tow it from the disaster site. The complicated...
View ArticleIn break with tradition, residents band together to try to pave street in...
When it pours in Windermere, the residents of Pine Street know what's next: The dirt road in front of their homes becomes a potholed, muddy mess. There's flooding around the mostly million-dollar...
View ArticleThe flush tax blues
There's an old joke about "denial" being more than a river in Egypt. Far less amusing is the denial some in Annapolis seem to have about pollution in the Chesapeake Bay and what's required to bring...
View ArticleDelay sought for trash-burning power plant in Fairfield
A New York-based company that had announced more than a year ago it was ready to start building a disputed trash-burning power plant in south Baltimore is now seeking a waiver of a state-imposed...
View ArticleO'Malley proposes major renovations at state parks
Gov. Martin O'Malley wants to spend nearly $23 million to improve Maryland's often-maligned state parks, proposing widespread renovations for a system that critics say has been deteriorating for more...
View ArticleSens. Jim Webb, Mark Warner renew offshore drilling call
Three of the five biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in Hampton Roads will soon be closed, according toU.S. Environmental Protection Agency data. Released earlier this month on a searchable...
View ArticleHypothetical NASA satellite would monitor air quality across U.S.
Imagine a spaceborne instrument that measures the nation’s air quality in five-square-mile grids every hour. Seems far-fetched, but that’s exactly what NASA hopes to do. James Crawford, an atmospheric...
View ArticleThe end of coal plants in Hampton Roads?
The Yorktown Power Station and Chesapeake Energy Center, the two largest coal-fired power plants in Hampton Roads, burn on average 6,700 tons of coal every day. The plants, which date to the 1950s,...
View ArticleNo link between Virginia earthquake and fracking, scientists say
Scientists say there is no link between a controversial natural gas drilling technique and the Virginia earthquake that rattled the East Coast in August. “Let’s be very clear: fracking did not cause...
View ArticleKeystone oil sands pipeline rejected
The Obama administration rejected a bid to expand the controversial Keystone oil sands pipeline Wednesday, saying the deadline imposed by congress did not leave sufficient time to conduct the necessary...
View ArticleUM study hits flaws in MD Smart Growth law
Stop the presses: A new report finds that Maryland's 15-year-old Smart Growth law isn't working very well. That's hardly news. The state's own data have shown for years that more land continues to be...
View ArticleRead President Obama's State of the Union Address
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in...
View ArticleIn Annapolis, green agenda a "heavy lift"
Environmental activists rallied in Annapolis yesterday evening, as their leaders described this year's General Assembly session as a make-or-break one for restoring the Chesapeake Bay and fighting...
View ArticleTip of the Mitt Watershed: Storm water lessons learned
Northern Michigan has a dirty secret that pollutes our lakes, streams and rivers. Storm water runoff — particularly in city settings — is a major ecological problem in this environmentally pristine and...
View ArticleFirstEnergy to close power station in Williamsport
FirstEnergy will close the R. Paul Smith Power Station in Williamsport by Sept. 1 because of the cost of complying with federal environmental regulations that go into effect in 2015, a company official...
View ArticleAir quality firm to meet with Edgewater Elementary School community
A consulting firm hired by Anne Arundel County schools to test air quality at Edgewater Elementary School will meet with the school community on Tuesday. Ed Light, president of Ashton-based Building...
View ArticleMD sees Bay cleanup costing $7.5 billion by 2017
Maryland officials have filled in the blanks on their draft Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan, and attached an eye-popping pricetag - $7.5 billion over the next five years, and nearly double that by 2025....
View ArticleCosta Concordia cruise ship wreck leaking oil
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — A thin film of oil spread from the Costa Concordia cruise ship as waves battered the wreckage off Italy’s coast Wednesday, adding to fears of an environmental disaster in the...
View ArticleCosta offers $14,460 per person for ruined cruise
As doctors struggle to explain why more than a dozen girls in this town are suffering from Tourette's-like symptoms, new questions are swirling around the cleanup of a 40-year-old chemical spill that...
View ArticleCosta Concordia cruise ship wreck leaking oil
GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — A thin film of oil spread from the Costa Concordia cruise ship as waves battered the wreckage off Italy’s coast Wednesday, adding to fears of an environmental disaster in the...
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